This is going to be fairly easy for all of you, but this is a review and it is important that we all start off with a fair understanding of direction and scale. The following exercise should take you less than 20 or30 minutes.
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Go to the link that is connected to the compass below and play the game. The first time just play it without reading the instructions. See how you do. Then read the instructions, and play it, again. I hope you can do a lot better. This will help you to get an idea about how to use a compass (develop a sense of direction).

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Grab an atlas, Hammond Citation World Atlas, and open the assignment below. Be sure you have a straight edge with you (a small rule would be nice).